‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 2.20 Recap: “Cards on
Before returning to ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ this week, many viewers may ask whether it’s safe to watch the latest episode if they haven’t seen ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ yet. To that, I can offe...
Before returning to ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ this week, many viewers may ask whether it’s safe to watch the latest episode if they haven’t seen ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ yet. To that, I can offe...
Two years ago, I found myself in the sights of James Bond fans everywhere. While ‘Skyfall’ was becoming the highest-grossing entry in the long-running 007 franchise, I scratched my head wondering how something so obvio...
It seems like every movie Hollywood makes these days has to be part of an epic multi-part franchise of endless sequels and prequels and reboots. As home theater fans, what movie franchises do you feel compelled to collect in their...
And… we’re off. ‘Furious 7’ gave us a taste of big movie tentpoles to come, but now the blockbuster-filled summer of spectacles is upon us. Setting a high bar and christening the season is the Marvel sequel that&...
Remember when Skye used to be the most annoying and useless character on ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’? That started to turn around this season when the show’s writers finally gave her an interesting storyline. And no...
The biggest problem with ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ is simply that no movie could have possibly lived up to its expectations. 2012’s ‘The Avengers’ had the advantage of being the first movie to combine...
I thought that last week was one of the best episodes ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ has had so far. This week is, unsurprisingly, not able to top that. However, judged on its own, the episode is fairly strong.
To be honest, when I heard that this week’s episode of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ would be devoted to finally telling the story of how Agent May got her nickname, my expectations for it sunk considerably. I mean, w...
After last week’s pretty momentous episode, I suppose it was inevitable that ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ would need to slow down a step. You can’t have a game-changer every week, right?
Is ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ going to try to pull off a so-called game-changer episode around this time every season? That ploy worked out pretty well last year, and the most recent episode likewise upends the current d...
In addition to introducing a major new character, ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ brings back someone who feels like he hasn’t been on the show for ages – even though, technically, he was only absent for three episodes....
The Asgardian business in last week’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ didn’t do a lot for me. Fortunately, this week’s episode stays focused on the storylines that I actually care about.